Improvement in devices for locking ice-tongs



L. D. ORMSBY. Device For Locking lce-Tongs 10., ta the Wagon No.l63,236.

Patented May 11, 1875.

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LEONARD D. ORMSBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN DEVICES FOR LOCKING ICE-TONGS. &c., TO THE WAGON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,236, dated May 11,1875; application filed April 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD D. ()RMSBY, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improved Locking-Hook for Ice- Wagons, of whichthe following is a specification:

It is usual to provide a hook at the back of the ice'wagon, upon whichthe ice-tongs are hung, and in which the handle of the ax or hatchet islaid. These ice-wagons are exposed to severe jolting, and sometimes thetongs are shaken off and lost, or the hatchet-handle gets out of place.In other instances these implements are stolen or chan'ged while thecart is standin g still waiting turn for receiving the ice or otherwise.

My invention relates to a lock combined with the hook in such a mannerthat the hook maybe used in the ordinary way, but whenever it is desiredto do so, the hook may be closed, and the tongs or arr-handle or bothconfined securely therein.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the hook and lookwhen closed, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the lock.

The hook at is usually attached to the rear how I) of the wagon-cover,and upon it the axhandle 0 and tongs d are usually placed. I add to thishook a closing-bar, e, and lock to secure the implements whenever sodesired. This lock may be of any suitable construction.

The closing-bar e is shown as connected to the spring f, by meanswhereof the bar is held back when not in use. When said bar is pressedacross the hook the end thereof is caught in the spring-bolt Z of thelock. The spring 0 serves to project this bolt 1, and there is aspring-tumbler, a, that is acted upon by a key that serves to draw downthe bolt 1, and allow the closing-bar c to fly back. The spring 8 actsto press the spring-tumbler toward the key-hole and prevent dirt gettinginto the look. This tumbler is pressed back by the key, and a ward orpin upon the same entering a hole in the tumbler serves to turn the sameand withdraw the bolt.

The lock is opened instantly, and with very little trouble, because bythe insertion of the key and a partial turn thereof the closing-bar isliberated and springs back of itself,.,and when the hook is to be closedit is accomplished simply by pressing on the spring.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the hook a, of theclosing-bar e, and lock, substantially as set forth.

2. The spring-tumbler n, and bolt Z, in combination with the hook a,closing-bar e, and spring f, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 1st day of April, 1875.

L. D. ORMSBY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINoKNEY, CHAS. B. SMITH.

